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The FADAMA III Project in Jigawa has trained 300 youths and women in agricultural entrepreneurship, as part of efforts to boost food production in the state. The state Project Coordinator, Alhaji Aminu Isa, stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday. Isa said that the beneficiaries received […]
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig Gen Paul Boroh has stated that beneficiaries of the Amnesty programme undergoing various agricultural trainings are being groomed to take over the agro-allied sector of the Niger Delta economy. Boroh, represented by a staff of the Post Training and […]
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with C. Hassan Consultancy Ltd. has commenced a refresher training of 400 unemployed youths in Kaduna state on agricultural skills for gainful employment. The training, according to the Director-General of NDE, Dr. Nasiru M. Ladan is to impart on the trainees, skills such as crop production, livestock […]
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has concluded the 5th e-Government Capacity Building Program for 181 public servants in Abuja. The training by KOICA was held in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Public Service Institute of Nigeria. A statement made available in Abuja by KOICA said the training “brings the total number […]
Another 284 unemployed graduates in the State of Osun have been trained in agriculture to reduce unemployment rates and to boost food production in the state. They were trained under FADAMA 111 projects, tagged FADAMA “Guys” Training, initiated by the Federal Government in collaboration with Osun government and the World Bank. Speaking at the end […]
The federal government has offered to partner the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the training of agricultural workers. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the proposal at the valedictory project of Market II in Nigeria. Market II was a development programme funded by USAID since 2012 to assist […]
No fewer than 100 graduates are currently receiving training in various agricultural areas at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo State. The training tagged: Third National FADAMA Development Project (FADAMA III AF) Fadama-Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support Programme (GUYS), is organised by the institute in collaboration with Oyo State government. […]
As part of its mandate of raising new era of Agricultural Entrepreneurs to improve the country’s economy, Excel Multipurpose Cooperative Society, in conjunction with the Lagos State government is organising a one-day intensive training program for existing and aspiring farmers. The objective of the training powered by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Lagos […]
Kano State Government has approved more than N29 million for the training of Fulani milkmaids on modern milk processing. The Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, told journalists that the decision was the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Kano on Thursday. Garba said the council also approved N178 million for the […]
Mrs Besty Obaseki, wife of Edo Governor, on Tuesday organised one day training on poultry production for 500 widows in the state. Addressing the trainees in Benin, the governor’s wife said the training was part of the state government’s efforts to create employment through agriculture. She said that the training was organised to empower the […]
HarvestPlus-Nigeria has trained 28 processors in the production of high-quality “garri’’, “fufu’’ and custard from Vitamin A-fortified cassava. The Information Officer of HarvestPlus, Ikechukwu Onyewuchi, said via a statement that the two-day “Train the Trainers’’ session was organised, in partnership with IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP) of Niger. The statement said that the training, which […]
The Niger Commissioner for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Mrs Ramatu Yar’ adua, says the state is exporting 57 per cent of the Shea Butter produced world-wide. Yar’adua announced this on Tuesday at news conference at the defence of her ministry’s 2017 budget proposal at the state House of Assembly in Minna. According to her, the […]
The federal government has said it would organise a one-day seminar on food packaging and group formation in Sokoto State to commemorate this year’s international women’s day celebrations. The seminar which is expected to be on group formation and streams of value that can be derived from agricultural products indigenous to local communities of Sokoto […]
The State Employment and Expenditure For Results Project (SEEFOR), an intervention project of the World Bank and the European Union (EU), says it will train 250 Delta youths in hybrid tomato farming. The Coordinator of SEEFOR in Delta, Mr Benson Ojoko, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday […]
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has mobilized local talents to provide technical analysis of the economic impact of policy and regulatory reforms for agri-inputs and services in Nigeria. Working in partnership with the organized private sector and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), AGRA is investing in streamlined […]